Teenager murdered on first day back at school in Brockley

A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a teenage boy in Brockley.
Police were called to Spalding House, Turnham Road, SE4 on Thursday, 3 September at approximately 18:15hrs to reports of a fight in progress.
Lewisham Borough officers attended and found two 17-year-old boys suffering stab wounds.

London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance doctors also attended and both victims were taken to a south London hospital.
One boy [victim1] died shortly after arriving at hospital. Next of kin have been informed.

The other boy [vicitm2] remains in hospital in a stable condition. His next of kin have also been informed.

Detectives from Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating.

Whilst officers believe they know who the deceased is they await formal identification.

There have been no arrests at this time and enquiries continue.

A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course.

Any witnesses or anyone with information can call police on-emergency line on 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or at crimestoppers-uk.org.

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